Apprentice Alumni

The following Cal-Earth alumni names and photos are a small sample of the alumni from Cal-Earth, and a start in presenting to our visitors the work that many individuals and organizations are doing after taking the apprenticeship course with Nader Khalili. The people and projects we have chosen are not necessarily the largest or most fanciful, nor are they the best known of our students, but these are the persons who have sent photos of their work and stayed in touch during their evolving journey. We know them to be impassioned individuals who have made the most of the knowledge that they have learned and are now taking it all over the world with site specific variations. We have tried to include varied examples of buildings from the more sophisticated domed clusters and large vaulted homes, to humble backyard emergency shelters and playful landscaping. We hope that this page will continue to grow as alumni write and add photographs, to provide inspiration and contact information for others who wish to build with earth, in the service of humanity and the environment.

Journeymen and Journeywomen

Pakistan:
Cal-Earth sent alumni and distance learning training to help the earthquake victims in the Himalayas region of Pakistan and India in late 2005-2006.
In co-operation with the local SASI foundation refugees and local NGOs learned how to build Superadobe emergency shelters and recieved the bags build in the earthquake destroyed areas.
Khurram Schroff and Shahid Malik Shahid, www.calearthpakistan.org

Superadobe technology was designed and developed by architect Nader Khalili and Cal-Earth Institute, and engineered by P.J. Vittore. Superadobe is a patented system (U.S. patent #5,934,027) freely put at the service of humanity and the environment. Licensing is required for commercial use.